Text of IL HB 3715 (2025)

NONDISCRIMINATION-STATE GRANTS

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3715 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Nondiscrimination in State Contracts and Grants Act. Prohibits the State from awarding a contract or grant to any person, business, or entity that engages in discrimination as defined in the Act. Defines "discrimination" to mean if the business or entity engages in "sexual orientation change efforts" or "conversion therapy". "Sexual orientation change efforts" or "conversion therapy" means any practices or treatments that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation, as defined by in the Illinois Human Rights Act, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings towards individuals of the same sex. "Sexual orientation change efforts" or "conversion therapy" does not include counseling or mental health services that provide acceptance, support, and understanding of a person without seeking to change sexual orientation or mental health services that facilitate a person's coping, social support, and gender identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, without seeking to change sexual orientation. LRB104 11230 HLH 21312 b A BILL FOR HB3715LRB104 11230 HLH 21312 b 1 AN ACT concerning government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5Nondiscrimination in State Contracts and Grants Act. 6 Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: 7 "Sexual orientation change efforts" or "conversion 8therapy" means any practices or treatments that seek to change 9an individual's sexual orientation, as defined by subsection 10(O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act, 11including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or 12to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or 13feelings towards individuals of the same sex. "Sexual 14orientation change efforts" or "conversion therapy" does not 15include counseling or mental health services that provide 16acceptance, support, and understanding of a person without 17seeking to change sexual orientation or mental health services 18that facilitate a person's coping, social support, and gender 19identity exploration and development, including sexual 20orientation neutral interventions to prevent or address 21unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, without seeking 22to change sexual orientation. HB3715- 2 -LRB104 11230 HLH 21312 b 1 Section 10. Prohibited State contracts and grants. A State 2agency or employee is prohibited from awarding a contract or 3grant to any person, business, or entity that engages in 4discrimination as defined in this Act. The Department of 5Central Management Services is authorized to adopt rules to 6implement this Act.